CVE-2020-37166 in AbsoluteTelnet

Resumen

por MITRE • 2026-02-07

AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the SSH2 username input field that allows local attackers to crash the application. Attackers can overwrite the username field with a 1000-byte buffer, causing the application to become unresponsive and terminate.

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• Responsable: VulnCheck
• Reservar: 2026-02-06
• Divulgación: 2026-02-07
• Moderación: aceptado
• Artículo: VDB-344844
• CPE: listo
• CWE: CWE-120 (confirmado)
• Explotación: Descargar
• CVSS: 5.5 (NVD)
• EPSS: 0.00006
• KEV: no
• Actividades: muy bajo
• Sector: Education, Industry, ...

Fuentes

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-37166
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-37166
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2020-37166/